title: [Hemodialysis on a cruise ship: our logbook].
abstract: After a diet and hydric restriction, travelling is one of the most limiting and worrying activities for patients under chronic renal replacement therapy. The vital dependency on the hemodialysis machine makes travelling an extremely difficult experience. In order to prove the legitimacy of our patients' fears, we embarked on to a cruise-liner with them. This confirmed their limitations when travelling thanks to the reliable data input. This study describes our personal and professional experience as nurses, specialized in hemodialysis, embarking onto a cruise-liner with twelve patients suffering from ESRD. Our goal is to share that experience with professional nurses as well as patients who seek information in regards to this type of trip with a specialized nurse. A summary of this work was presented as a communication oral in the XXXVI Congress of the Spanish Society of Nephrology Nursing.
authors.affiliation: DUES Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña. crisvalin@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valiño Pazos
authors.forename: Loreto
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sáez Rodríguez
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meizoso Ameneiro
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000451:nursing*; D012767:Ships; D014195:Travel